Ads?

EagleFan · 07-07-2019, 08:50 PM

Anyone else seeing ads within the threads? Every time I sign in today I see ads within threads. Only used to see them like that if I wasn't logged in.

miami_fan · 07-07-2019, 09:02 PM

I saw some earlier but it is back to normal now.

Abe Sargent · 07-07-2019, 09:30 PM

I am still seeing many ads here.

Abe

AnalBumCover · 07-07-2019, 09:42 PM

Yeah, I'm seeing them right now too.

Radii · 07-07-2019, 09:57 PM

adblock works on them, its only two ads, tho i do see they're pretty big.

robotom · 07-07-2019, 10:13 PM

The ads between posts are now removed if you are logged in as a registered user.

cuervo72 · 07-07-2019, 10:18 PM

Right now I'm seeing an ad above the post reply button at the top, an ad under the post reply at the bottom, and an ad under the timestamp in the footer. All of these are new to me.

JonInMiddleGA · 07-07-2019, 10:23 PM

I can only assume that my AdBlockPlus / UBlock Origin combo are protecting me.

Izulde · 07-08-2019, 01:46 AM

Just started getting hit with them. On top, on bottom, and corner ads. What the hell is this shit, OS?

stevew · 07-08-2019, 02:45 AM

It's your theme. You guys probably all use yellow

EagleFan · 07-08-2019, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

It's your theme. You guys probably all use yellow

Thank you. What changed? I like the old style.

Lathum · 07-08-2019, 09:23 AM

I'm getting them as well.

Kodos · 07-08-2019, 09:41 AM

No ads for me. I use uBlock Origin and the classic FOFC yellow.

ISiddiqui · 07-08-2019, 11:23 AM

I switched from Yellow and that took the ads out (they were everywhere), but now I am sad as I really liked the Yellow.

Radii · 07-08-2019, 11:46 AM

oh yeah above when i mentioned that adblock plus fixes it for me, I'm also using the yellow theme. I never come here on mobile so I don't know about that

Kodos · 07-08-2019, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

I switched from Yellow and that took the ads out (they were everywhere), but now I am sad as I really liked the Yellow.

Firefox + uBlock Origin = no ads.

MIJB#19 · 07-08-2019, 01:56 PM

Gigantic ads at times and then there's that blue "Privacy Settings" thingy that keeps popping up in the right hand corner. The content on that settings thingy has a nifty white text on a white background layout.

I know, I know, free website and all...

cuervo72 · 07-08-2019, 07:00 PM

Yeah, just enabled uBlock. Much better!

Izulde · 07-08-2019, 09:34 PM

Default, Yellow, and FOWL all show ads. The rest don't.

Logan · 07-15-2019, 10:13 AM

I don't care that these ads have started and I seemingly have no way to block them on my phone.

What I do care about is that they take so much longer to load than the rest of the page that every fucking time I try and click a link, I end up clicking the wrong thing because the ad moves the placement of the link at the last second.

MIJB#19 · 07-16-2019, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

What I do care about is that they take so much longer to load than the rest of the page that every fucking time I try and click a link, I end up clicking the wrong thing because the ad moves the placement of the link at the last second.

It's turning into a train wreck. I'm experiencing the same thing as Logan describes, while the ads are now also making the typing text a pain, because the loading of replacement ads while on the same page stalls the process of making the typed text show up on screen.

MIJB#19 · 07-16-2019, 03:45 PM

The good news of this all: I switched back to "Sideline Green".

sovereignstar v2 · 07-09-2021, 08:25 PM

It's Shark Week ya'll

sovereignstar v2 · 07-09-2021, 08:26 PM

What a flipping annoying advertisement. Are you kidding me?

bhlloy · 07-14-2021, 03:31 PM

Yeah the Shark week ad makes the site unusable basically. Fun times.

sovereignstar v2 · 07-14-2021, 03:39 PM

Phew, I'm glad someone else acknowledges it. I'm surprised it took so long though haha. There is actually a second ad that is just annoying and obtrusive. I'm surprised no one has told me that I need to install an adblocker or browser extension yet, though neither should be necessary in 2021.

molson · 07-14-2021, 04:05 PM

I don't think I've ever seen an internet ad that literally made it impossible to view a website with no way to cancel out of it.

I really don't mind banners, pop-ups, little video boxes in the corner, whatever, but geez.

Ben E Lou · 07-14-2021, 05:18 PM

I don't see this ad (and hardly any others.) I'm using yellow, Firefox, and uBlock origin, and AdBlock Ultimate.

AlexB · 07-15-2021, 02:12 AM

I don’t see any ads at all (literally zero) on Safari using the Child of vBulletin 3 skin, no ad blockers or anything else.

sovereignstar v2 · 07-15-2021, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexB

I don’t see any ads at all (literally zero) on Safari using the Child of vBulletin 3 skin, no ad blockers or anything else.

Skin change is great advice, thanks AlexB.

07-07-2019, 09:02 PM	#2
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	I saw some earlier but it is back to normal now. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

07-07-2019, 09:30 PM	#3
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	I am still seeing many ads here. Abe __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

07-07-2019, 10:18 PM	#7
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Right now I'm seeing an ad above the post reply button at the top, an ad under the post reply at the bottom, and an ad under the timestamp in the footer. All of these are new to me. __________________ null

07-07-2019, 10:23 PM	#8
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I can only assume that my AdBlockPlus / UBlock Origin combo are protecting me. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

07-08-2019, 01:46 AM	#9
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Just started getting hit with them. On top, on bottom, and corner ads. What the hell is this shit, OS? __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

07-07-2019, 09:42 PM	#4
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	Yeah, I'm seeing them right now too.

07-07-2019, 09:57 PM	#5
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	adblock works on them, its only two ads, tho i do see they're pretty big.

07-07-2019, 10:13 PM	#6
robotom Administrator Join Date: Feb 2018	The ads between posts are now removed if you are logged in as a registered user.

07-08-2019, 02:45 AM	#10
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	It's your theme. You guys probably all use yellow Last edited by stevew : 07-08-2019 at 02:45 AM.

07-08-2019, 09:23 AM	#12
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I'm getting them as well.

07-08-2019, 09:41 AM	#13
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	No ads for me. I use uBlock Origin and the classic FOFC yellow. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

07-08-2019, 11:23 AM	#14
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I switched from Yellow and that took the ads out (they were everywhere), but now I am sad as I really liked the Yellow. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

07-08-2019, 11:46 AM	#15
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	oh yeah above when i mentioned that adblock plus fixes it for me, I'm also using the yellow theme. I never come here on mobile so I don't know about that

07-08-2019, 01:56 PM	#17
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Gigantic ads at times and then there's that blue "Privacy Settings" thingy that keeps popping up in the right hand corner. The content on that settings thingy has a nifty white text on a white background layout. I know, I know, free website and all... __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

07-08-2019, 07:00 PM	#18
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Yeah, just enabled uBlock. Much better! __________________ null

07-08-2019, 09:34 PM	#19
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Default, Yellow, and FOWL all show ads. The rest don't. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

07-15-2019, 10:13 AM	#20
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I don't care that these ads have started and I seemingly have no way to block them on my phone. What I do care about is that they take so much longer to load than the rest of the page that every fucking time I try and click a link, I end up clicking the wrong thing because the ad moves the placement of the link at the last second.

07-16-2019, 03:45 PM	#22
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	The good news of this all: I switched back to "Sideline Green". __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

07-09-2021, 08:25 PM	#23
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	It's Shark Week ya'll

07-09-2021, 08:26 PM	#24
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	What a flipping annoying advertisement. Are you kidding me?

07-14-2021, 03:31 PM	#25
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Yeah the Shark week ad makes the site unusable basically. Fun times.

07-14-2021, 03:39 PM	#26
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	Phew, I'm glad someone else acknowledges it. I'm surprised it took so long though haha. There is actually a second ad that is just annoying and obtrusive. I'm surprised no one has told me that I need to install an adblocker or browser extension yet, though neither should be necessary in 2021.

07-14-2021, 04:05 PM	#27
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I don't think I've ever seen an internet ad that literally made it impossible to view a website with no way to cancel out of it. I really don't mind banners, pop-ups, little video boxes in the corner, whatever, but geez. Last edited by molson : 07-14-2021 at 04:06 PM.

07-14-2021, 05:18 PM	#28
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I don't see this ad (and hardly any others.) I'm using yellow, Firefox, and uBlock origin, and AdBlock Ultimate. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

07-15-2021, 02:12 AM	#29
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	I don’t see any ads at all (literally zero) on Safari using the Child of vBulletin 3 skin, no ad blockers or anything else. __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

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